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Flute, C
Maker: Goulding & Company
Date: 1804-1810 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on head joint only: GOULDING & CO / NEW – BOND ST / LONDON
Stamped on other three joints: GOULDING & CO
Stamped on other three joints: GOULDING & CO
Markingsnone
DescriptionA simple system flute with conical bore. Boxwood body in four sections. Four ivory ferrules and ivory head cap. Originally, four brass keys were mounted on turned blocks and turned ring (D#, F, G#, and B-flat). The G# key, however, has not survived.
DimensionsOverall length: 600 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.8 mm x 12.2 mm
Sounding length: 530 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.8 mm x 12.2 mm
Sounding length: 530 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAmy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, pp. 91, 95-96.
Object number: 04292